Law of the Sea

U.N. New York, Page 74.1 (BL-1)

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The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty providing laws for marine and maritime actions. So far, one-hundred sixty-nine countries are members, but not the U.S. – I’m not sure why. Several conferences were held to determine many legal issues and agreed upon methods of handling maritine activities.

The third Conference on the Law of the Sea was held in 1973. The two stamps on the bottom row of this album page are to bring attention to that conference, which lasted for a few years. As part of it, they outlined jurisdiction at sea, including how far offshore is still the territorial waters of a country, and how far out is considered international waters and high seas, and other such things.

Note

Some U.N. stamps like the ones at the botom for the Law of the Sea are made quickly, not too long after some event happens. That may be why they have a simpler design. It takes the U.N. a long time to do things. They can rush if the results are allowed to be simple.

Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	244	Intnl. Labor Office Headquarters, Geneva	10c (jan 1974) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	247	Peace Mural Candido Portinari	10c (may 1974) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	245	Intnl. Labor Office Headquarters, Geneva	21c (jan 1974) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	248	Peace Mural Candido Portinari	18c (may 1974) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	252	World Population Year	10c (oct 1974) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	246	Universal Postal Union	10c (mar 1974) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	253	World Population Year	18c (oct 1974) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	254	Sea Order Conference Law of the Sea	10c (nov 1974) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	255	Sea Order Conference Law of the Sea	26c (nov 1974) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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